Draft:Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment

Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, (very commonly abbreviated "KVP") was founded in 1909 by "uncle" Jacob Kindleberger in what is present day Parchment, Michigan. KVP fielded two large mill buildings built roughly four miles from the center of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Despite the company's rough beginnings, it slowly and briefly became one of the United State's largest paper producers. Despite the Great Depression, the surrounding area continued to find steady growth. The populace signed a charter in 1930, first declaring the village of Parchment. Right before the outbreak of World War II in 1939, another charter was signed declaring Parchment as a 5th class city (Parchment website). The company saw its most prosperous period between the 1940s and 1950s, employing well over 1,700 people. Between 1960 and 2000, the company merged and was bought out several times, slowly declining until filing for bankruptcy in 2000. One collection of remaining mill structures still stands vacant to this day.

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